commenced when his appointment on the U. S. Geological 

 Survey led to his departure from Charleston and he had 

 never had time, amid the pressure of his duties while here, 

 to examine and arrange more than a small part of the accu- 

 mulated material to which he himself refers in the Guide as 

 needing systematic study. 



The minerals, rocks and fossils belonging to the College 

 had thus become much scattered in different parts of the 

 Museum, and many of thern were stored out of sight. The 

 writer has been engaged in. the work of gathering together 

 and arranging this m.aterial, during the last two months, 

 and is now prepared to present a brief general description 

 of what the Museum actually possesses. In both, depart- 

 ments the amount of material is quite large, and some of it 

 is fine and valuable, but much has been put away through 

 lack of space for its proper display. In these,, as in all the 

 ^departments, the need of more room is greatly felt and 

 the proposed removal to the Thomson Auditorium would 

 meet this need in an admirable manner. 



The collection of minerals belonging to the Museum is 

 composed, in the main, of several divisions, or portions, ob- 

 tained at different times and from different sources. These 

 are (1) a large number of good specimens dating back to the 

 time of Prof. Holmes, who usually had them mounted and 

 labeled on blocks. Among these are doubtless included 

 many old specimens from the early days of the Museum. 

 There are then (2) a choice selection purchased in the time 

 of Dr. Manigault, from the well-known dealer. Prof. H. A. 

 Ward, of Rochester, N. Y. and (3) a number obtained by 

 Prof. Ashley from the various southern and western ex- 

 hibits at the South Carolina and West Indian Exposition in 

 1902. All these, together with many others presented from 

 time to time by various individual donors, are combined into 

 a general illustrative collection. 



In addition to these, there are two separate collections of 



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